Committee to Protect Journalists

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

"A group of U.S. foreign correspondents created CPJ in response to the often brutal treatment of their foreign colleagues by authoritarian governments and other enemies of independent journalism."

"CPJ has a full-time staff of 23 at its New York headquarters, including area specialists for each major world region. CPJ has a Washington, D.C., representative, and consultants stationed around the world. A 35-member board of prominent journalists directs CPJ's activities."

"CPJ is funded solely by contributions from individuals, corporations, and foundations. CPJ does not accept government funding." 

Select Staff

 * Frank Smyth - Washington DC representative
 * John Weis - Director of Development and Outreach

Former Staff

 * Julia Pimsleur former Director of Outreach & Development
 * Ann Cooper, former executive director

Individuals

 * Terry Anderson
 * James Cramer
 * David Laventhol
 * Norman Pearlstine
 * Jean Stein

Corporations & Foundations
Source
 * The Belo Foundation
 * Bloomberg
 * Brokaw Family Foundation
 * Citigroup Foundation
 * CNN
 * Copley Newspapers
 * Cox Newspapers, Inc.
 * Dow Jones Company
 * Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation
 * Forbes Inc.
 * The Ford Foundation
 * Goldman Sachs & Co.
 * Herb Block Foundation
 * John S. & James L. Knight Foundation
 * Knight Ridder Newspapers
 * Los Angeles Times
 * Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation
 * MediaNews Group Inc.
 * Newsday
 * Oak Foundation USA
 * Open Society Institute
 * Philip L. Graham Fund
 * PR Newswire
 * RealNetworks Foundation
 * Reuters Group PLC
 * Sony Corporation of America Foundation
 * St. Petersburg Times
 * Star-Ledger
 * Time Warner Inc.
 * Tribune Company
 * UBS
 * Vira I. Heinz Endowment

Directors
Source
 * Walter Cronkite - Honorary Chair
 * Paul E. Steiger - Chair
 * Terry Anderson - Honorary Co-Chair
 * Joel Simon - Executive Director
 * Andrew Alexander - Cox Newspapers
 * Franz Allina
 * Christiane Amanpour - CNN
 * Dean Baquet - Los Angeles Times
 * Tom Brokaw - NBC News
 * Josh Friedman - Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University
 * Anne Garrels - National Public Radio
 * James C. Goodale - Debevoise & Plimpton
 * Cheryl Gould - NBC News
 * Charlayne Hunter-Gault
 * Gwen Ifill - PBS
 * Steven L. Isenberg
 * Jane Kramer - The New Yorker
 * David Laventhol
 * Anthony Lewis
 * David Marash - Al Jazeera International
 * Kati Marton
 * Michael Massing
 * Geraldine Fabrikant Metz - The New York Times
 * Victor Navasky - The Nation
 * Andres Oppenheimer - Miami Herald
 * Burl Osborne - The Dallas Morning News
 * Charles L. Overby - The Freedom Forum
 * Clarence Page - Chicago Tribune
 * Norman Pearlstine - The Carlyle Group
 * Erwin Potts - McClatchy Newspapers
 * Dan Rather
 * Gene Roberts - Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
 * Sandra Mims Rowe - The Oregonian
 * John Seigenthaler - The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center
 * Paul C. Tash - St. Petersburg Times
 * Mark Whitaker - Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive


 * Former board member - Bill Kovach
 * Former or maybe current director - Karen Elliott House

Contact

 * 330 7th Avenue, 11th Floor, New York NY, 10001
 * Web: http://www.cpj.org

External Resources

 * Edward Herman, "Real Journalism Versus Propaganda", Znet, February 3, 2000.